Equity North& West Yorkshire variety Branch annual show-time spectacular. Jubilee club Leeds August 11th 2017 Producer Ashley Wheelhouse & Valerie Mann This annual date in the variety calendar is staged in the comfortable surroundings of the Jubilee club in Leeds. Agent and Compere Harry Turnstyle was soon out on stage,… Continue reading
The Edinburgh Fringe This month we take a look at the fringe and all that goes with it, as the decision makers in TV land trawl the festival for new faces. Our own managing editor Mark Ritchie takes in what is to many an annual pilgrimage and a monumental party…. Continue reading
Gordon Kellett Memorial charity concert Hunslet Carr sports and social club Leeds August 11th 2016 Producer Mark Ritchie Stage manager Martin Brown Sound services by Steve Paige Lighting and design by HM Designs. Reviewer Mark Ritchie This review is a one-off, in every sense of the term, as it is… Continue reading
August Gossip Hoover. Once again our mystery writer trawls the world of show business for gossip and tittle-tattle. Here’s what the Gossip Hoover discovered. To Winchester firstly, where comedy performer Tim Ames is looking forward to performing in his very first pantomime. Tim has seen success in the highly unusual… Continue reading
I frightened the postman yesterday by going to the door with no clothes on. I’m not really sure what scared him most, me in my birthday suit, or the fact that I knew where he lived. Yesterday, I parked in a disabled space at Tesco. Worst thing I could… Continue reading
Rick Wakeman Whitehills golf club, Dane End near Ware August 11th 2016 Reviewer Johnny Tait This golf club venue played host to one of the showbiz giants on a special Thursday evening gig, when their members were entertained by former Yes, keyboard player and Comedians Golf Society member Rick… Continue reading
ROGER REMEMBERS – It was all of 60 years ago. Sometimes it seems a world away; yet at others it seems like only yesterday. I was in London for a whole year, studying for a diploma and doing research which involved travelling round the city – and getting paid… Continue reading
